 
Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans. Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969. He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant. Contact him here. Jason Fry is a Brooklyn writer whose first memories include his mom leaping up and down cheering for Rusty Staub. Check out his other writing here. Got something to say? Leave a comment, or email us at faithandfear@gmail.com. (Sorry, but we have no interest in ads, sponsored content or guest posts.) Need our RSS feed? It's here. Visit our Facebook page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
Baseball is a game played nine to a side, with wheeling motion and shifting fielding assignments and set plays and so much else. But each play starts not with nine people doing multiple things, but with one person doing one thing: The pitcher takes the ball and throws it in the direction of home plate. When […]  59 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1969 Mets, 2015 Postseason, Citi Field, Clayton Kershaw, David Wright, Dodgers, Ed Charles, Justin Turner, Ron Swoboda, Steven Matz I’d love to tell you I just got around to writing this after staying out all night partying because there’s nothing like the Mets beating the Yankees in the first game of a Subway Series…WOO! But, honestly, I fell asleep not long after Friday night’s contest ended and couldn’t get myself going early this morning. Nevertheless, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Armour Hot Dogs, Daniel Murphy, Juan Uribe, Lovin' Spoonful, Lucas Duda, Steven Matz, Subway Series The pitching’s too good to ever get too down. There’s not a Shaun Marcum reclamation project in the bunch, no Chris Capuano dutifully sucking up innings as if that’s the goal of any given game. One start you get Jacob deGrom, who opposing batters can’t hit; next game it’s Noah Syndergaard, who they can’t touch. In […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Friday Night Lights, Hope, Injuries, Mad Men, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz If you’re a fan of a bad football team, it’s possible that you’ll spend an entire season of Sundays without a win — an entire season without a single day of smiling or feeling a spring in your step. Happily, that can’t happen in baseball. Even if your team is awful, you’re guaranteed 50 or so […] Let’s hear more about Steven Matz. Let’s see more of his delighted grandpa. Let’s get another look at his delightful sandwich. Let’s relive those three hits from Sunday, which is as many as Steven Matz’s teammates collected without his help Tuesday. Let us tally up his four runs batted in, roughly four more than Mets […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Joe Maddon, Jon Niese, Michael Conforto, Michael Cuddyer, Steven Matz Previously on The Mets… “Eleven in a row! This is the year, baby!” “Oh no. Who’s hurt now?” “Sure, the pitching’s great, but they can’t score to save their lives.” “They’re never gonna win another game, are they?” “We’re making a roster move and adjusting our rotation accordingly.” “We don’t need another pitcher. We need a bat.” “He’s from around here, you […] 33 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dick Rusteck, Garrett Olson, Lucas Duda Growth Chart, Pitchers Hitting, Steve Miller Band, Steven Matz, Suspended Games Steven Matz graduates to the big time on Sunday. Or the Met time, at any rate. The efficacy of Sandy Alderson’s doctoral thesis in mathematics — the GM contends six starters will fit snugly into five slots — remains to be seen, but official confirmation that the last lavishly hyped pitching prospect of the current […] The Mets won a game today, and in case you had any doubt, winning most definitely feels better than losing. So how’d they win? By the skin of their teeth, actually. They got their usual terrific starting pitching, with Jacob deGrom throttling the Brewers. They got just enough hitting — TWO WHOLE RUNS, MA! And they […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Milestones, Steven Matz, Young Pitching Jon Niese has a suspect shoulder that demands periodic trips to the 15-day DL, and a mental approach to his craft that calls for the 80-year DL. He begins a game with a plan, and was born with the talent to execute it. But he’s incapable of adjusting if anything goes wrong, whether it’s his location or which pitches […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Darrell Ceciliani, Jonathon Niese, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Amazin' Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Volume I of The Happiest Recap: 50+ Years of the New York Mets As Told in 500+ Amazin' Wins by Greg Prince is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon. 
Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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